Katherine Radeka
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Camino Portuguese (2024)
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Hi,
We are in Viana and we are having trouble finding food for today.
It’s a Sunday afternoon and it is busy busy busy. I have only basic Spanish.
We got into town at about 2:30 in the afternoon, and immediately started looking for food thinking we would be able to get a Menu somewhere.
Everywhere we tried was already “Completo” even places with Menus Peligrinos.
I managed to find coffee at a bar that didn’t serve any food. We are staying in a hotel and the front desk clerk doesn’t have any ideas.
I am so tired and hungry at this point that I am not sure how or what to ask for.
Should I ask for help make a reservation for dinner? Are places even open for dinner on Sunday?
Is there something else I should be asking for or looking for?
I think we had a lunch snack there, but they quit serving food early afternoon.The Hotel Palacio de Pujadas
is centrally located, has 2 very good restaurants plus a large welcoming bar. Try for a meal or a drink and tapas. ..Years past when staying at the nearby municipal pilgrim albergue I always enjoyed eating here.
Thanks for your update. Glad that you did not go to bed hungry. Enjoy your walk today towards Logrono.We ventured out at 6 PM and Things had calmed down a lot. We found a menu de peligrino at Café La Rua.
Sat next to a delightful French couple from Lyon.
Lesson learned: carry some extra food and don’t let myself get so hungry I can’t see straight.
Breakfast = Desayuno, Lunch = Almuerzo, Dinner = Cena.Thanks for the help. I think we will try tapas. We haven’t had that experience yet.
In the meantime my sweet husband pulled out chocolate-laden trail mix and made me eat some.
Ironically we are at Palacio de Pujadas where the front desk clerk didn’t have ideas. Hotel’s restaurant closed today. Bar very busy and out of food (but could have been asking for the wrong thing in my poor Spanish).
FIestas are often more difficult than Sundays when it comes finding food.This might be the reason why it is busy in Viana.
Local fiestas!
Agree we were just there on a Sunday and this was the only place servingThe Hotel Palacio de Pujadas
is centrally located, at calle Navarro Villoslada 24 , tele.+34 948 64 64 64.
It has 2 very good restaurants plus a large welcoming bar. Try for a meal or a drink and tapas. ..Years past when staying at the nearby municipal pilgrim albergue I always enjoyed eating here.
I crave the moderators' indulgence to allow you to expand the "long story"!And the lady with the key to this albergue insisted that I gift her my one and only pencil.
Yes, "gift." Not "give."
I did not, pretending I didn't speak Spanish.
Who knew THAT would come in handy!!
This is the same albergue where I lost my pants and a priest in the next town found them.
Long story.
And the lady with the key to this albergue insisted that I gift her my one and only pencil.
Yes, "gift." Not "give."
I did not, pretending I didn't speak Spanish.
Who knew THAT would come in handy!!
This is the same albergue where I lost my pants and a priest in the next town found them.
Long story.
That was partly why I asked for expansion of the "long story" though a priest with possession of a pair of trousers belonging to a lady is quite intriguing in itself.Wow, good story, and a reminder to always try to have a little something in reserve in the backpack. I bet no powdered dry soup mix every tasted so good.
I had to chuckle though, reading the second half of your story. Did you know that "pants" in the UK refers to underwear.
Depending on the town, the store may not reopen after siesta on Saturday either. Larger towns with some chain stores, yes, but smaller towns with family owned stores, maybe not. I know they did not reopen in some of the smaller towns were we served as hospitaleros.I ended up putting a reminder on my phone for Saturday nights so I will be sure to buy some extra food in case I got caught out again on a Sunday.
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